Esoph imped funct test > 1hr at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton

1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$407.49

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,386.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$113.84 with Health Plan of San Joaquin vs $10,004.00 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $113.84 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $113.84 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $113.84 ↓ -72%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $113.84 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $113.84 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $113.84 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $222.81 ↓ -45%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $222.81 ↓ -45%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $281.18 ↓ -31%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $530.50 ↑ +30%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $636.60 ↑ +56%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $639.90 ↑ +57%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $648.71 ↑ +59%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $677.54 ↑ +66%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $752.82 ↑ +85%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $752.82 ↑ +85%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $752.82 ↑ +85%
United Medicare|All Plans $752.82 ↑ +85%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $752.82 ↑ +85%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $752.82 ↑ +85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $752.82 ↑ +85%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $752.82 ↑ +85%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $752.82 ↑ +85%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $752.82 ↑ +85%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $752.82 ↑ +85%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $763.92 ↑ +87%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $870.02 ↑ +114%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $889.15 ↑ +118%
United Commercial|HMO $891.24 ↑ +119%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $891.24 ↑ +119%
United Commercial|Options PPO $944.29 ↑ +132%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,061.00 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,061.00 ↑ +160%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $5,074.00 ↑ +1145%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $5,794.00 ↑ +1322%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $10,004.00 ↑ +2355%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $10,004.00 ↑ +2355%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $10,004.00 ↑ +2355%

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Esoph imped funct test > 1hr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $639.98 $113.84 – $1,220.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $633.08 $113.84 – $1,205.54
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $933.60 $407.95 – $1,200.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $655.60 $113.84 – $965.25
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $712.80 $113.84 – $2,281.68
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $734.89 $113.84 – $2,634.00
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $701.40 $306.81 – $1,311.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $326.66 $113.84 – $801.60

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